Microsoft Certification Contract Job Trends in Central London

Microsoft Certification
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for Microsoft Certification qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 9 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 102 116 125
Rank change year-on-year +14 +9 +60
Contract jobs citing Microsoft Certification 27 20 23
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.36% 0.83% 0.82%
As % of the Qualifications category 4.80% 3.35% 3.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 10 16
10th Percentile £278 £475 £178
25th Percentile £403 £525 £248
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £509 £588 £550
Median % change year-on-year -13.36% +6.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £596 £734 £648
90th Percentile £625 £751 £691
London median daily rate £510 £420 £506
% change year-on-year +21.43% -17.04% +4.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 2 0
Median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -77.26% - -
London median hourly rate £25.47 £112.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -77.26% +220.00% -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
Central London

Microsoft Certification falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in Central London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 562 597 577
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 28.38% 24.91% 20.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 421 358 353
10th Percentile £343 £311 £325
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £539 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -2.05% -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £681
90th Percentile £738 £746 £790
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 5 7
10th Percentile - £24.00 £16.26
25th Percentile £25.47 £27.00 £21.95
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -45.83% +28.34%
75th Percentile £34.48 £112.00 £69.38
90th Percentile £52.16 - £75.25
London median hourly rate £25.15 £39.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -35.51% -25.71% +11.70%

Microsoft Certification
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Microsoft Certification relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Microsoft Certification job vacancy trend in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Microsoft Certification in Central London over the 6 months to 9 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Microsoft Certification in Central London

Microsoft Certification
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Microsoft Certification

Microsoft Certification
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Microsoft Certification within the Central London region over the 6 months to 9 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +5 23 £523 -12.92% 8
Camden - 4 £400 - 5
West End of London - 1 £400 -
Microsoft Certification
London

Microsoft Certification
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 5 (18.52%) SharePoint
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (11.11%) Microsoft Project
1 3 (11.11%) MS Visio
2 1 (3.70%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (66.67%) Azure
2 15 (55.56%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (37.04%) Power Platform
3 10 (37.04%) PowerApps
4 9 (33.33%) Entra ID
5 8 (29.63%) Power Automate
6 4 (14.81%) ShareGate
7 3 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (11.11%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (11.11%) IaaS
7 3 (11.11%) PaaS
7 3 (11.11%) SaaS
8 2 (7.41%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (3.70%) AWS
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Functions
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (3.70%) Azure Machine Learning
9 1 (3.70%) GitHub
9 1 (3.70%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) VPN
2 3 (11.11%) DNS
2 3 (11.11%) Firewall
2 3 (11.11%) Softphone
3 2 (7.41%) DHCP
4 1 (3.70%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (25.93%) Power BI
2 2 (7.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (3.70%) JIRA
General
1 11 (40.74%) Finance
2 7 (25.93%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (7.41%) Banking
4 2 (7.41%) Marketing
4 2 (7.41%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.70%) French Language
5 1 (3.70%) Law
5 1 (3.70%) Legal
Job Titles
1 9 (33.33%) Analyst
2 8 (29.63%) Senior
3 6 (22.22%) Desktop Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Desktop Support
3 6 (22.22%) Desktop Support Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Desktop Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Desktop Support
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Desktop Support Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Senior Support Analyst
3 6 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 5 (18.52%) Lead
5 3 (11.11%) Architect
5 3 (11.11%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (7.41%) Service Manager
7 1 (3.70%) Business Consultant
7 1 (3.70%) Developer
7 1 (3.70%) Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Security Engineer
7 1 (3.70%) Team Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (18.52%) Microsoft Graph
2 1 (3.70%) .NET
2 1 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web API
2 1 (3.70%) OAuth
2 1 (3.70%) OpenID
2 1 (3.70%) SAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (22.22%) iPad
1 6 (22.22%) iPhone
2 2 (7.41%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (3.70%) BYOD
3 1 (3.70%) Data Structures
3 1 (3.70%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.70%) Onboarding
3 1 (3.70%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (44.44%) Windows
2 7 (25.93%) Mac OS
3 4 (14.81%) Windows Server
4 2 (7.41%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (40.74%) ITIL
2 8 (29.63%) Business Intelligence
3 6 (22.22%) Investment Management
3 6 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (18.52%) Customer Service
4 5 (18.52%) Migration
5 4 (14.81%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (14.81%) Data Loss Prevention
6 3 (11.11%) Change Management
6 3 (11.11%) CI/CD
6 3 (11.11%) DevOps
6 3 (11.11%) Statistics
7 2 (7.41%) AI
7 2 (7.41%) Computer Science
7 2 (7.41%) CRM
7 2 (7.41%) Data Governance
7 2 (7.41%) Disaster Recovery
7 2 (7.41%) ERP
7 2 (7.41%) Performance Metrics
7 2 (7.41%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 9 (33.33%) PowerShell
2 2 (7.41%) C#
2 2 (7.41%) JavaScript
3 1 (3.70%) Python
3 1 (3.70%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (37.04%) Degree
2 4 (14.81%) MCP
2 4 (14.81%) MCSE
2 4 (14.81%) Security Cleared
3 3 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 2 (7.41%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (7.41%) MCITP
4 2 (7.41%) MCSA
5 1 (3.70%) Azure Certification
5 1 (3.70%) CCNA
5 1 (3.70%) Cisco Certification
5 1 (3.70%) CISSP
5 1 (3.70%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (3.70%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (3.70%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 2 (7.41%) SLA
3 1 (3.70%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 16 (59.26%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.70%) Hyper-V
2 1 (3.70%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.70%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (7.41%) SCCM
2 2 (7.41%) SCOM
3 1 (3.70%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (7.41%) HP
2 2 (7.41%) Oracle
3 1 (3.70%) Blue Prism
3 1 (3.70%) Citrix
3 1 (3.70%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.70%) UiPath
3 1 (3.70%) VMware